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Not Quite Color Blind: Ethnic and Gender Differences in Attitudes toward Older People among College Students
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Laditka, Sarah B.; Laditka, James N.; Houck, Margaret M.; Olatosi, Bankole A. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2011
Attitudes toward older people can influence how they are treated and their cognitive and physical health. The populations of the United States and many other countries have become more ethnically diverse, and are aging. Yet little research examines how ethnic diversity affects attitudes toward older people. Our study addresses this research gap.…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Student Attitudes, Semantic Differential, Stereotypes
The Longitudinal Elderly Person Shadowing Program: Outcomes from an Interprofessional Senior Partner Mentoring Program
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Basran, Jenny F. S.; Dal Bello-Haas, Vanina; Walker, Doreen; MacLeod, Peggy; Allen, Bev; D'Eon, Marcel; McKague, Meredith; Chopin, Nicola S.; Trinder, Krista – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2012
The University of Saskatchewan's Longitudinal Elderly Person Shadowing (LEPS) is an interprofessional senior mentors program (SMP) where teams of undergraduate students in their first year of medicine, pharmacy, and physiotherapy; 2nd year of nutrition; 3rd year nursing; and 4th year social work partner with community-dwelling older adults.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Older Adults, Semantic Differential